Location: Northern Hills Elementary
Time: January 25, 2025 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Admission: Free

The discussion will highlight the historic significance of African American resources in the region’s cultural landscape as the county and city grow and evolve. Topics will include heirs property, community education of the significance of black settlements and cemeteries, a status report on the ‘Cultural Heritage Designation,” and the proposed national “African American
Burial Grounds Network Act”.

From 2015 to the present, extensive efforts have been made to document and protect three rare, and endangered, century old African American cemeteries located within the boundaries of City Council District 10, represented by Councilman Marc Whyte: Griffin Family Cemetery Hockley-Clay Family Cemetery Winters-Jackson-Anthony Cemetery

Source: https://dreamweek.org/evt/historic-african-american-cemetery-resources-dreamweek/